Description: Simplicius : On Aristotle on the Heavens, Paperback by Simplicius; Mueller, Ian (TRN), ISBN 1472557417, ISBN-13 9781472557414, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Aristotle believed that the outermost stars are carried round us on a transparent sphere. There are directions in the universe and a preferred direction of rotation. The sun moon and planets are carried on different revolving spheres. The spheres and celestial bodies are composed of an everlasting fifth element, which has none of the ordinary contrary properties like heat and cold which could destroy it, but only the facility for uniform rotation. But this creates problems as to how the heavenly bodies create light, and, in the case of the sun, heat. The value of Simplicius' commentary on On the Heavens 2,1-9 lies both in its preservation of the lost comments of Alexander and in Simplicius' controversy with him. The two of them discuss not only the problem mentioned, but also whether soul and nature move the spheres as two distinct forces or as one. Alexander appears to have simplified Aristotle's system of 55 spheres down to seven, and some hints may be gleaned as to whether, simplifying further, he thinks there are seven ultimate movers, or only one.
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Book Title: Simplicius : On Aristotle on the Heavens
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Simplicius: on Aristotle on the Heavens 2. 1-9
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Cosmology
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Philosophy, Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Simplicius
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
